1 <refentry id="vidioc-subscribe-event">
3 <refentrytitle>ioctl VIDIOC_SUBSCRIBE_EVENT, VIDIOC_UNSUBSCRIBE_EVENT</refentrytitle>
8 <refname>VIDIOC_SUBSCRIBE_EVENT, VIDIOC_UNSUBSCRIBE_EVENT</refname>
9 <refpurpose>Subscribe or unsubscribe event</refpurpose>
15 <funcdef>int <function>ioctl</function></funcdef>
16 <paramdef>int <parameter>fd</parameter></paramdef>
17 <paramdef>int <parameter>request</parameter></paramdef>
18 <paramdef>struct v4l2_event_subscription
19 *<parameter>argp</parameter></paramdef>
25 <title>Arguments</title>
29 <term><parameter>fd</parameter></term>
35 <term><parameter>request</parameter></term>
37 <para>VIDIOC_SUBSCRIBE_EVENT, VIDIOC_UNSUBSCRIBE_EVENT</para>
41 <term><parameter>argp</parameter></term>
50 <title>Description</title>
52 <para>Subscribe or unsubscribe V4L2 event. Subscribed events are
53 dequeued by using the &VIDIOC-DQEVENT; ioctl.</para>
55 <table frame="none" pgwide="1" id="v4l2-event-subscription">
56 <title>struct <structname>v4l2_event_subscription</structname></title>
62 <entry><structfield>type</structfield></entry>
63 <entry>Type of the event.</entry>
67 <entry><structfield>id</structfield></entry>
68 <entry>ID of the event source. If there is no ID associated with
69 the event source, then set this to 0. Whether or not an event
70 needs an ID depends on the event type.</entry>
74 <entry><structfield>flags</structfield></entry>
75 <entry>Event flags, see <xref linkend="event-flags" />.</entry>
79 <entry><structfield>reserved</structfield>[5]</entry>
80 <entry>Reserved for future extensions. Drivers and applications
81 must set the array to zero.</entry>
87 <table frame="none" pgwide="1" id="event-type">
88 <title>Event Types</title>
93 <entry><constant>V4L2_EVENT_ALL</constant></entry>
95 <entry>All events. V4L2_EVENT_ALL is valid only for
96 VIDIOC_UNSUBSCRIBE_EVENT for unsubscribing all events at once.
100 <entry><constant>V4L2_EVENT_VSYNC</constant></entry>
102 <entry>This event is triggered on the vertical sync.
103 This event has a &v4l2-event-vsync; associated with it.
107 <entry><constant>V4L2_EVENT_EOS</constant></entry>
109 <entry>This event is triggered when the end of a stream is reached.
110 This is typically used with MPEG decoders to report to the application
111 when the last of the MPEG stream has been decoded.
115 <entry><constant>V4L2_EVENT_CTRL</constant></entry>
117 <entry><para>This event requires that the <structfield>id</structfield>
118 matches the control ID from which you want to receive events.
119 This event is triggered if the control's value changes, if a
120 button control is pressed or if the control's flags change.
121 This event has a &v4l2-event-ctrl; associated with it. This struct
122 contains much of the same information as &v4l2-queryctrl; and
123 &v4l2-control;.</para>
125 <para>If the event is generated due to a call to &VIDIOC-S-CTRL; or
126 &VIDIOC-S-EXT-CTRLS;, then the event will <emphasis>not</emphasis> be sent to
127 the file handle that called the ioctl function. This prevents
128 nasty feedback loops. If you <emphasis>do</emphasis> want to get the
129 event, then set the <constant>V4L2_EVENT_SUB_FL_ALLOW_FEEDBACK</constant>
133 <para>This event type will ensure that no information is lost when
134 more events are raised than there is room internally. In that
135 case the &v4l2-event-ctrl; of the second-oldest event is kept,
136 but the <structfield>changes</structfield> field of the
137 second-oldest event is ORed with the <structfield>changes</structfield>
138 field of the oldest event.</para>
142 <entry><constant>V4L2_EVENT_FRAME_SYNC</constant></entry>
145 <para>Triggered immediately when the reception of a
146 frame has begun. This event has a
147 &v4l2-event-frame-sync; associated with it.</para>
149 <para>If the hardware needs to be stopped in the case of a
150 buffer underrun it might not be able to generate this event.
151 In such cases the <structfield>frame_sequence</structfield>
152 field in &v4l2-event-frame-sync; will not be incremented. This
153 causes two consecutive frame sequence numbers to have n times
154 frame interval in between them.</para>
158 <entry><constant>V4L2_EVENT_SOURCE_CHANGE</constant></entry>
161 <para>This event is triggered when a source parameter change is
162 detected during runtime by the video device. It can be a
163 runtime resolution change triggered by a video decoder or the
164 format change happening on an input connector.
165 This event requires that the <structfield>id</structfield>
166 matches the input index (when used with a video device node)
167 or the pad index (when used with a subdevice node) from which
168 you want to receive events.</para>
170 <para>This event has a &v4l2-event-src-change; associated
171 with it. The <structfield>changes</structfield> bitfield denotes
172 what has changed for the subscribed pad. If multiple events
173 occurred before application could dequeue them, then the changes
174 will have the ORed value of all the events generated.</para>
178 <entry><constant>V4L2_EVENT_PRIVATE_START</constant></entry>
179 <entry>0x08000000</entry>
180 <entry>Base event number for driver-private events.</entry>
186 <table pgwide="1" frame="none" id="event-flags">
187 <title>Event Flags</title>
192 <entry><constant>V4L2_EVENT_SUB_FL_SEND_INITIAL</constant></entry>
193 <entry>0x0001</entry>
194 <entry>When this event is subscribed an initial event will be sent
195 containing the current status. This only makes sense for events
196 that are triggered by a status change such as <constant>V4L2_EVENT_CTRL</constant>.
197 Other events will ignore this flag.</entry>
200 <entry><constant>V4L2_EVENT_SUB_FL_ALLOW_FEEDBACK</constant></entry>
201 <entry>0x0002</entry>
202 <entry><para>If set, then events directly caused by an ioctl will also be sent to
203 the filehandle that called that ioctl. For example, changing a control using
204 &VIDIOC-S-CTRL; will cause a V4L2_EVENT_CTRL to be sent back to that same
205 filehandle. Normally such events are suppressed to prevent feedback loops
206 where an application changes a control to a one value and then another, and
207 then receives an event telling it that that control has changed to the first
210 <para>Since it can't tell whether that event was caused by another application
211 or by the &VIDIOC-S-CTRL; call it is hard to decide whether to set the
212 control to the value in the event, or ignore it.</para>
214 <para>Think carefully when you set this flag so you won't get into situations